Fruits and vegetables boosted with pesticides, cosmetics full of parabens, cars and factories that contaminate the air with fine particles. Pollution is everywhere, including inside our homes that are not sufficiently equipped by using ecological products that are not harmful to health. The good idea is already to start by choosing natural and environmentally friendly paints.
A classic paint is made up of several substances:pigments, solvents, additives, resin and chemical molecules of all kinds. The problem is that it contains a lot of substances that are the cause of health problems, to name only dermatoses, respiratory disorders and other ailments due to peripheral and central neurotoxicity or hepatorenal toxicity. The danger is not to be underestimated. The wisest thing is to reduce these pollutants by opting for paint made from natural products and therefore without health consequences. Let’s also not forget the smell emitted by these toxic paints. The choice of natural preserves the inhabitants of the house from volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, which are potentially carcinogenic.
The main constituents intended to make natural paints have been specially selected to be respectful of people and nature. Pigments, for example, are organic and mineral materials such as clay, turmeric or ochre. The solvent is made from citrus terpenes, aromatic essence or balsamic turpentine. The binder, on the other hand, favors the natural, including flour, vegetable oil, beeswax, natural resin or lime. Most of these ingredients are recyclable and biodegradable. Today, research around the development of these ecological paints continues in order to obtain products that are harmless to the environment, but with increased performance.
Wrongly, we tend to believe that natural paints have a low hiding power. A misconception since this product is able to hide all imperfections in just two coats. The advantage of organic paints is that they are thick and creamy. But to obtain an impeccable result, do not skip the preparatory work and the application of an undercoat that will promote the adhesion of the paint and optimize the absorption capacity.
In the past, natural paints have been shunned by consumers because of their premature aging and short lifespan. Manufacturers have since rectified this by improving product quality. Result:the market offers a wide choice of ecological paints based on boron salt or soy lecithin which do not degrade under the effect of external aggressions. They are UV resistant and weatherproof.
No sector is immune to the "ultra-green" trend, which has experienced unprecedented success in recent years. The fashion is to consume organic and choose products that preserve health and the environment. To ride this wave, opting for natural paint is a must. The ideal is to move at least to Ecolabel certified products, and ideally to products labeled Ecocert, a certifying body with stricter criteria.
